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Sorry, I didn't know where to put this and since I mostly collect Football, I thought I'd post it here.

I live in the Northern Virginia area fairly close to the Fantastic Store. I was getting my haircut in another area and thought I would check out the competitor and see what they had. I walk in and they greeted me and asked if they could help with anything. They told me that they're in the middle of restocking. I think they were trying to explain why they had nothing in their display cases.

I said fine. I told them I needed some more top loaders they said they had plenty of that. I pick up a set of top loaders. I go to where the football cards are and they show me the boxes which were nearly twice the price that I'm used to. I tell them that I'm probably looking for packs and not boxes. Then I go to their packs and see their prices. Topps Magic for $6.65, Contenders for $10. Ouch.

I shouldn't have been surprised considering the cost of the boxes but I was. They asked me If I wanted any. I told them they were quite a bit more expensive and I wasn't interested. At that point it got weird.

The employee tried to justify the costs because they have the best pulls. I told them that the store I usually buy packs from has them considerably cheaper. They asked me where I usually go and I told them the Fantastic Store. First they acted like they didn't know where it was so I told them they're in Chantilly. They proceeded to tell me that the Fantastic Store searches their cases for the case hit and sells the other boxes. I told them thats a little strange since they don't really sell singles. He argued with me that they do. I told him that I buy packs from them all the time and have pulled auto's and patch cards. (I also have pulled 1/1 prizm finites from 2 of their boxes but I didn't mention that). He continued to go on while I put back the toploaders I was intending on buying and just left as he was offering to sell me some case hit Lebron James card.

It felt like I was buying a used car from the guy and I left the store wondering WTF just happened.

I won't be going back to the place.

Are your LCS's this bad? Is there a way to search for a case hit without opening box after box?

I just felt like these guys were lying to me to buy some over priced packs. Sad...

my lcs is old and has anything older than a year at half off and she has a bunch of stuff from 98 to present so ive been opening older stuff as of late!!! but she charges a penny for a sleeve and a dime for a toploader which has always chapped me even when i bought a case of cards last year she charged me!!!! cant win them all

My LCS is great. Very kind guy who always hold contest and ticket drawings, gave away three 400 Ct boxes of 1987 Donruss Baseball to my little brother (80s and 90s are junk, but he didn't know that and was ecstatic). Prices in the LCS will always be at least a tad pricey because this is how these guys make a living. I'll occasionally buy a box, but I mostly buy boxes online and singles and supplies at the LCS.

I have been to a few hobby shops and only 2 times I have had a bad experience. The other shops I have been to were amazing my favorites are
Baseball 17 in Surfside, SC
Knarf & Kram sports in Myrtle Beach SC (owner was helpful even got a sealed box and opened it so I could get some fresh packs)
Cards at the Cages in Greensboro, NC (the owner was very helpful toploaded all my #d cards, autos,and relics)

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You probably pissed them off just by mentioning the Fantastic Store name pretty sure they know who they are. My LCS and only LCS has there items a little bit overpriced but the dudes are cool as heck and thats why I keep going back.

You probably pissed them off just by mentioning the Fantastic Store name pretty sure they know who they are. My LCS and only LCS has there items a little bit overpriced but the dudes are cool as heck and thats why I keep going back.

LOL, they asked me where I went. So I told them. I didn't get the feeling that they were yelling at me but they were yelling at each other. The "Hard Sale" tactic really lost my business.

I guess we're lucky in the Washington DC area, we have many options. Most are bad but I haven't tried the ones in Maryland yet.

I live in the area, which store this was? I went into a store in Annandale before TFS opened and the guy said he has the best pulls in the country and pulled out some beat up Beckett magazines from about 10 years ago to "prove it"...

Sorry, I didn't know where to put this and since I mostly collect Football, I thought I'd post it here.

I live in the Northern Virginia area fairly close to the Fantastic Store. I was getting my haircut in another area and thought I would check out the competitor and see what they had. I walk in and they greeted me and asked if they could help with anything. They told me that they're in the middle of restocking. I think they were trying to explain why they had nothing in their display cases.

I said fine. I told them I needed some more top loaders they said they had plenty of that. I pick up a set of top loaders. I go to where the football cards are and they show me the boxes which were nearly twice the price that I'm used to. I tell them that I'm probably looking for packs and not boxes. Then I go to their packs and see their prices. Topps Magic for $6.65, Contenders for $10. Ouch.

I shouldn't have been surprised considering the cost of the boxes but I was. They asked me If I wanted any. I told them they were quite a bit more expensive and I wasn't interested. At that point it got weird.

The employee tried to justify the costs because they have the best pulls. I told them that the store I usually buy packs from has them considerably cheaper. They asked me where I usually go and I told them the Fantastic Store. First they acted like they didn't know where it was so I told them they're in Chantilly. They proceeded to tell me that the Fantastic Store searches their cases for the case hit and sells the other boxes. I told them thats a little strange since they don't really sell singles. He argued with me that they do. I told him that I buy packs from them all the time and have pulled auto's and patch cards. (I also have pulled 1/1 prizm finites from 2 of their boxes but I didn't mention that). He continued to go on while I put back the toploaders I was intending on buying and just left as he was offering to sell me some case hit Lebron James card.

It felt like I was buying a used car from the guy and I left the store wondering WTF just happened.

I won't be going back to the place.

Are your LCS's this bad? Is there a way to search for a case hit without opening box after box?

I just felt like these guys were lying to me to buy some over priced packs. Sad...

I live in the area, which store this was? I went into a store in Annandale before TFS opened and the guy said he has the best pulls in the country and pulled out some beat up Beckett magazines from about 10 years ago to "prove it"...

down here in florida i have to go over an hour an a half for a true LCS but the place i buy boxes is 20 minutes down the road it is phyisically impossible for any store online or not to beat there prices ill bet on it. he only sells supplies and boxes. but there isnt a shop ive heard of that has his prices. i was paying 65 a box for 2012 HOBBY chrome up untill mid december when he ran out and wouldnt order any more.